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Renew Acquires Forefront Group

On August 4, 2014, Renew acquired engineering company Forefront Group for 15M GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Renew’s 5th transaction in the Engineering sector.
  • This is Renew’s 3rd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Renew’s 5th transaction in the United Kingdom.
Investment Fate
  • Forefront Group was sold to a strategic buyer in 2018.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2014-08-04
Target Forefront Group
Sector Engineering
Buyer(s) Renew
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 15M GBP

Target

Forefront Group

Leigh on Sea, United Kingdom
Forefront Group Ltd. is an engineering services business focused in the gas infrastructure market. Forefront operates in the South East of England with its head office in Leigh-on-Sea and was founded in 1995. The business focuses on the replacement of gas mains and other critical services for National Grid and Southern Gas Networks in London and the South East. Forefront provides its services through framework agreements and employs approximately 350 skilled personnel.

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Buyer

Renew

Leeds, United Kingdom
Category Company
Founded 1786
Sector Construction
Employees4,429
Revenue 1.0B GBP (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Renew is a provider of multidisciplinary engineering services to the energy, environmental, infrastructure, and specialist building sectors. Renew was founded in 1786 and is based in Leeds, England.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 8
Sector: Engineering M&A 5 of 6
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 5 of 8
Country: United Kingdom M&A 5 of 8
Year: 2014 M&A 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-04-29 Clarke Telecom

Oldham, United Kingdom

Clarke Telecom Ltd. is an engineering services business focused in the wireless telecoms infrastructure market. Clarke operates nationally with its head office in Oldham and was founded in 2000. The business focuses on providing quality engineering services encompassing all aspects of wireless telecoms infrastructure delivery including site acquisition and design, construction, installation and site optimisation.

Buy £17M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-02-01 Nuclear Decontamination Services

Cleator Moor, United Kingdom

Nuclear Decontamination Services Ltd. is a small specialist nuclear services business operating at Sellafield and at other UK nuclear installations.

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